Patronage and Dynasty: The Rise of the Della Rovere in Renaissance Italy Book

Illustrations     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction   Ian Verstegen     xiii
The Beginning- Sixtus IV
The Sistine Chapel, Dynastic Ambition, and the Cultural Patronage of Sixtus IV   Andrew C. Blume     3
Pope Sixtus IV at Assisi: The Promotion of Papal Power   Jill Elizabeth Blondin     19
Ecclesiastics
Piety and Public Consumption: Domenico, Girolamo, and Julius II della Rovere at Santa Maria del Popolo   Lisa Passaglia Bauman     39
Avignon to Rome: The Making of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere as a Patron of Architecture   Henry Dietrich Fernandez     63
Reform and Renewed Ambition: Cardinal Giulio Feltrio della Rovere   Ian Verstegen     89
Signore
Felice della Rovere and the Castello at Palo   Caroline P. Murphy     111
The Ecclesiastical Patronage of Isabella Feltria della Rovere: Bricks, Bones, and Brocades   Maria Ann Conelli     123
The Ducal Experience
Francesco Maria and the Duchy of Urbino, between Rome and Venice   Ian Verstegen     141
Duke Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Federico Barocci, and the Taste for Titian at the Court of Urbino   Jeffrey Fontana     161
Francesco Maria della Rovere and Federico Barocci: Some Notes on Distinctive Strategies in Patronage and the Position ofthe Artist at Court   Stuart Lingo     179
Della Rovere Family Tree     201
Contributors     205
Index     207